Prelude of War. Part 2

27 September 2019

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Hunting Zones

Golden Altar of the Isle of Souls

A new session zone, Golden Altar of the Isle of Souls, has been added.

• You can only get to the zone via the session zones interface;
• PvP is available in the zone.

Changes in Hunting zones

Additional changes

• In the session zone Storm Isle the power of monsters has been reduced, and the reward as SP and XP has been increased;
• The amount of monsters has been increased in the following hunting zones: Altar of Evil, Bloody Swampland, Blazing Swamp;
• The size of some monsters has been changed;
• The location and respawn time for monsters in the following hunting zones have been changed: Isle of Prayer, Alligator Island, Breka's Stronghold;
• Such hunting zones as Dimensional Rift, Ant Nest, Antharas' Lair are blocked, it’s impossible to get there anymore, the related NPCs, monsters and quests have been removed;
• The trophies in such zones as Giant's Cave, Shadow of the Mother Tree, Superion Fortress, Garden of Spirits, Sea of Spores, Field of Whispers have been changed;
• Battle stats of monsters in Dimensional Raid have been changed;
• P. Atk. of archer monsters has been changed in the following zones: Ruins of Agony, Orc Barracks;
• Battle stats of monsters and XP and SP obtained for defeating them have been changed in the following hunting zones: Beleth's Magic Circle, Desert Quarry, Enchanted Valley, Ivory Tower Crater, Alligator Island, Tanor Canyon, Forest of Mirrors, Isle of Prayer, Breka's Stronghold, Fafurion Temple, Storm Isle, Sea of Spores, Field of Whispers;
• The amount of the adena received and the chances of getting trophies have been changed in the following hunting zones: Hellbound, Enchanted Valley, Ivory Tower Crater, Alligator Island, Tanor Canyon, Forest of Mirrors, Isle of Prayer, Breka's Stronghold, Fafurion Temple, Dragon Valley.

Raid Bosses

New Raid Bosses have been added:

• — From now on Baium will only appear on Monday and Tuesday, but not from Monday to Thursday.
• The trophies obtained for Berserker Zetahl and Berserker Tabris Raid Bosses killing, have been changed as their characteristics have been enhanced and their level increased to 114th.
• The trophies obtained for Demon Venoma and Fiend Sarboth Raid Bosses killing, have been changed as their characteristics have been enhanced and their level increased to 116th. These Raid Bosses have also been moved to Fields of Massacre from Tanor Canyon.
• The characteristics of the following Raid Bosses have been changed: Baium, Orfen, Lilith, Anakim, Avenger Alusion, Avenger Graff, Watcher Tristan, Watcher Setheth, Ferocious Valac, Arrogant Lebruum;
• The Raid Bosses Ant Queen and Antharas have been deleted.

Quests

Changes in quests

• The quest chain for players level 1-85 has been changed;
• The quests to level up characters level 1-85, previously existing as separate quests, have been integrated into one quest series “Path of Destiny”.
• The quest chain for developing a character up to level 85 now looks as follows:

The Exalted quests

• The Exalted quests have been improved: the intermediate quests have been removed, and the terms of completing the quests have changed from getting certifications to reaching a certain level and getting certain items;
• The books given as a reward for intermediate quests are now given for main quests;
• The Proof of Reputation and Proof of Pride items will be counted during the 4th and the 5th quests for getting the Exalted status;
• The new 6th Exalted quest has been added, and the Exalted quest line looks as follows:

Removed quests

The following quests and the related items have been deleted:

Additional changes                                                                     

• Now there are 2 tabs in the Quests window: “Basic” and “Transfer”;
• Vacualite Floating Stone is not required anymore to enter the battle zone with Valakas;
• You don’t need to complete a quest to enter the battle zone with Tauti;
• You don’t need Visitor's Badge and Pagan's Badge to enter The Pagan Temple. You don’t need to complete any quests either;
• Now it’s impossible to get the "Savior's Wish” item as a reward for the "Key to the Refining Process” quest;
• Now the characters will be receiving quest items when simultaneously doing faction quests and the Exalted quests.

Clan Missions

• In the context of the reorganized content, clan missions and their rewards have been changed;
• For general clan missions your character will also receive a special item — Vitality, replenishing the Vitality bar;

New missions

Changed missions

— The “Field Boss II” mission has been renamed to “Field Boss I”, the new raid boss Lord Ishka has been added to the mission targets.

Deleted missions

The following missions have been deleted:

— For more info about clan missions, please, check our encyclopedia.

Items

— New talismans have been added:

Wondrous Cubic

• Wondrous Cubic will be deleted from the game.
• It will be possible to exchange the Wondrous Cubic with the help of Warehouse Keeper in any town from the 1st till the 16th of October (before the maintenance).

1. Wondrous Cubic (1 pcs.) -> Elcyum Crystal (1 pcs.)
2. Magic Bait (1 pcs.) -> Magic Bait (99) (1 pcs.)

• All the types of Wondrous Cubic, all the Cube Fragments and Magic Bait that was previously obtained for Cube Fragment, Magic Bai and adena, will be deleted during the maintenance on the 16th of October.
• A link to the “Wondrous Cubic” will be deleted from the Warehouse Keeper NPC during the maintenance on the 16th of October.

Other Changes

• It is now possible to buy the following from the Grocer: Gemstone (R-grade), Giant's Energy, Blessed Scroll of Escape, Blessed Scroll of Resurrection;
• The following items have been added to the Grocers’ item list (“Buy Other Items”): Gemstone, Gemstone (D-grade), Gemstone (C-grade), Gemstone (B-grade).
• The key materials of the Grocers were put to the special list of goods: Dye Powder, Spirit Ore, Soulstone, Gemstones (R-grade), Giant's Energy, Scrolls of Escape (including Blessed Scrolls of Escape), Scrolls of Resurrection, Strategy Guides, Crafting Solvent, Mysterious Solvent.
• It is no longer possible to sell the following items in NPC store: Gemstone (R-grade), Gemstone (S-grade), Gemstone (A-grade), Blessed Scroll of Escape, Blessed Scroll of Resurrection.
• The items provided by Merchant of Mammon have been changed. The list of obtainable items is the following: Enchant C-grade Armor, Hair Accessory Appearance Stone, Gemstone (A-grade), Scroll: Enchant D-grade Armor, Dynastic Essence, Mammon's Varnish Enhancer. Scroll: Enchant B-grade Weapon, Dynastic Essence II, Scroll: Enchant A-grade Armor, Scroll: Enchant C-grade Weapon, Vesper Noble Enhancement Stone, Scroll: Enchant B-grade Armor, Scroll: Enchant D-grade Weapon; the exclusive items used in the European version retain.
• Angel's Breath has been added to the items list of Black Marketeer of Mammon.
• Seed Talisman Manager NPC appears now only in Aden.
• Titles of some NPCs were changed to “Grocer”.
• Information about item enchantment has been added to the description.
• The following Hellbound special items have been deleted: Ancient Tome of the Demon, Hidden First Page, Hidden Second Page, Bloodied Demonic Tome. It is not longer possible to receive these items from monsters or from the chests and to exchange them with the help of Budenka NPC.
• All the old R/R95 talismans, as well as Blue/Red Talismans (all in all, 416 types of Talismans), that were possible to receive from Merchant NPCs in castle and fortress territory, will be deleted later. The additional announcement will be done.
• The Scroll Fragment: Enchant Savior's Mask doesn’t longer drop from Atelia Guardian Spira, Overlord Etis van Etina, Emperor of the Beginning Helios.
• The following items can now be bought for adena in Blackbird Campsite from Elikia: Savior's Mask, Scroll Fragment: Enchant Savior's Mask, Special Scroll Fragment: Enchant Savior's Mask.
• It will be possible to exchange an item Savior's Wish with help of the Elikia before the 16th of October. After this date the item will be deleted.
• It will be possible to exchange an item Scroll Fragment: Enchant Savior's Mask with help of the Elikia before the 16th of October. After this date the item will be deleted.
• Damaged Spellbook doesn’t drop from the monsters anymore, however it is possible to exchange the already existing books with the help of Spellbook Expert Anton.

La Vie En Rose’s Brooches

— The names of La Vie En Rose’s Brooches have been changed:

• It is now possible to enchance Magnificent Brooch Spirit Stones (Rare) to the 3rd or 4th level with the help of Shadai at any time; previously such exchange was possible only during the offer periods.
• Brooch Spirit Stones don’t drop from field raid bosses anymore.
• The stones obtained from bosses will be automatically changed to the correct ones (the same stones that are being used in our version) at the moment of the update; it will be possible to exchange them for Rare Stones with the help of Shadai.

Dragon Weapon

From now on, the weapons can be augmented with the help of the new special item — Dragon Spirit Stone.

• Super Advanced Spirit Stones (2 pcs.) + Life Stone: Giant's Power (1 pcs.)  + Life Stone: Dragon's Power (1 pcs.) + Adena are needed to receive Dragon Spirit Stone; an exchange can be done in any town with the help of the Blacksmith; it is not possible to receive Life Stone: Dragon's Power in the game yet;
• Augmentation Fee: Gemstone (R-grade) (10 pcs.), Fee Removal - 17,710,000 Adena.
• Dragon Spirit Stone Augmentation Effects:

The level of character needed to use the books that are received for Exalted quests, has been changed: 

Radiant Circlets

• It is now possible to modify Radiant Warrior's Circlet, Radiant Wizard's Circlet and Radiant Knight's Circlet to +10.
• New modification effects have been added, starting from +6 enchantment.

Radiant Warrior's Circlet

Radiant Wizard's Circlet

Radiant Knight's Circlet

• Circlet Spirit Stone does not drop from the raid bosses any longer.

Dragon Leather Shirt

• Dragon Rind Leather Shirt can now be enchanted up to +10.
• New enchantment effects for +6 and higher values are available now:

• Active skills:

Dual Weapon Creation

• Way of dual weapon (R-grade and higher) creation has been changed: all dual weapons that could be received via exchange with NPC Blacksmith now can be created using recipes;
• Recipes and materials for dual weapon creation can be obtained via NPC Budenka in Hellbound;
• Dual Sword Crafting Stamp and Dual Sword Crafting Stamp - R-grade items are no longer needed for dual weapon creation, they can not be used or obtained via NPC Grocer; items will be deleted during the update install on 1 October 2019.

Skills

New skills

• Common passive skills for all classes now can be learned until 110 level:

Skill changes 

Now physical and skill attacks ranges, max pets and servitors attacks ranges are no more than 800; 

In this regard, the following changes have been made:

• The following skills attacks ranges have been changed: Tornado Shot, Multiple Arrow, Volcanic Destruction, Arcane Comet Strike, Novice Multiple Arrow, Novice Volcanic Destruction; 
• Now all races can receive the following skills at 20 level: Expand Trade, Expand Warehouse, Expand Inventory;
• Expand Inventory owners will be compensated with Adena equal to the sum that has been spent on skill modification;
• When learning Awakening skills, 1st Class Transfer skills will be deleted from characters with 1st Class Transfer skills and without 2nd Class Transfer skills;
• 1st - 3rd Class Transfer skills have been removed from several Awakened classes;
• Now buffs do not apply automatically on dead servitors;
• Several skills have become more comfortable to use:
• If a target is friendly than buffs and healing skills apply to the friendly character, if a target is anunfriendly character or a monster than buffs and healing skills auto apply to yourself; such skills are marked with <The character is targeted automatically> phrase
• The following skills can now be auto used:

• Provoke and Power Provoke skills cooldown has been changed from 4 to 10 sec;
• Emperor's Special Cocktail’s buff now can be removed using Alt + left mouse button;
• Newbie skills (example: Novice Mega Strike) that were obtained before Awakening and 3rd Liberation and were not deleted after Awakening have been deleted;
• Skill name has been changed: Lightning Shock → Lightning;
• In skills 'Stage' word has been changed to 'Lv.' .

Dye Symbol Effects

• Seal effects that are being added when drawing 2 and 3 symbols have been changed.

2 slots:

3 slots:

World Olympiad      

Grand Olympiad, which takes place separately on each server, has been replaced by the World Olympiad - interserver. Thus, players from all servers can fight each other on a common Olympiad server.

The terms of participation

• Only Awakened Noblesse or Exalted characters with level 85 or higher can join World Olympiad;

Time and duration of the cycle

• World Olympiad takes place each Friday and Saturday from 20:00 till 00:00 server time (registration is open till 23:40).
• Cycle of the World Olympiad lasts 1 month, based on the results of which the Hero is determined in each class among all servers (not on each separately).
• The rank of “Legend” has been added: only one character, who has received the most points on the overall ranking of the Olympiad for all servers, can get it — Hero among Heroes.
• The first Heroes and the Legend will be determined after the results of the Olympiad cycle in the new format — on the 1st of November 2019 (after the month of October).

Scoring Points of the World Olympiad

— On the 1st of each month, the character receives 1000 points, no additional points are awarded every 7 days.

— On the 1st of the new month, at the end of the previous cycle, points are reset to 1000.

World Olympiad Battle

• The fight consists of 3 rounds lasting 100 seconds;
• The character remains in the arena for all 3 rounds, with the start of a new round, the player moves to the waiting room to prepare for the new round;
• The winner is the character who won 2 rounds; if the character scored 2 wins in a row, the 3rd round is not held;
• Battle / Preparation duration:

1. After moving to the arena, the characters are given 60 seconds to prepare for the fight;
2. Interval between 1 and 2 rounds - 15 seconds;

• The following rules apply after each round:

1. Attack of the enemy is impossible;
2. The positive effects that are applied at the end of the last round are restored;
3. Negative effects applied at the end of the last round are removed;
4. Participants move to waiting rooms;

• The following rules apply at the end of round 1:

1. For the loser: 70% of HP/MP/CP is restored, for the winner: as much HP / MP / CP is restored as there was at the end of the round; 

• The following rules apply at the end of round 2:

1. For both participants: 100% of HP/MP/CP is restored, Skill Cooldown with the base cooldown of 15 minutes and less is restored;

• After the end of each round, participants receive Marks of Battle:

1. Marks of Battle are assigned to inventory immediately after returning to the local server, but only in the case of the correct completion of the match;
2. If the match ended incorrectly: communication with the server was interrupted, a critical client error has occurred or the player left the game on his own, Marks of Battle are not awarded;

Amount of Marks of Battle received:

• The character is considered to be a loser upon exiting the game before the results of the match;
• The maximum number of fights that can be held during the week is reduced from 30 to 25;
• The minimum number of points for participation in the World Olympiad — 1;

Rewards for the participation and win in the World Olympiad

— Rewards received at the end of the Olympiad cycle have been changed:

• The minimum number of battles performed to obtain the status of a Hero or Legend is 25 for the entire cycle.
• The character with the most points within his class among all servers is announced as a Hero; the character with the most points in the overall ranking of the Olympiad among all classes and servers is announced as a Legend;
• If there are several characters with the same number of points at once in the 1st place in the rating of the Olympiad Manager, the status of a Hero or Legend is awarded to the character with the most wins;
• If a situation occurs when several characters with the same number of points and victories are determined, the status of a Hero or Legend will be awarded to the character with the most experience points;
• The system of bonus points received at the end of the Olympics cycle has been changed:

• At the end of the Olympiad cycle (from 00:00 on the last day of the month and later) bonus points can be converted into the Marks of Battle via the Olympiad Manager; amount of the obtained Marks of Battle depends on the place in the overall ranking (table on top);

“Legend” status among all classes and servers

— The character with the most points in the overall ranking of the Olympics among all classes and servers is announced as a Legend;

— A character who has the right to become a Legend can get a well-deserved status via NPC Monument of Heroes — similar to obtaining Hero status;

— A legend can get a unique weapon that gives its owner a powerful passive effect;

— The table below lists the effects and limitations common to all types of legendary weapons:

• All types of Legendary Olympiad weapon and its characteristics, individual for each type, can be found in the table below:

• Like the weapons of the Hero, the Legendary weapon automatically disappears immediately after the Legend status expires at the end of the cycle;
• The Legend gains all the same skills as the Hero: Heroic Berserker, Heroic Valor, Heroic Grandeur, Heroic Dread; skills` effects remain unchanged;
• The clan in which the Legend was born receives 100,000 clan reputation points - at a time when Legend status is assigned;
• All players on the server on which the Legend was born can receive Rune of New Legend via Olympiad Manager once a day:

— The Legend and Heroes can also get a Rune in Honor of the Birth of a Legend.

Rewards for the 1st and 2nd place inside the class

— Characters, who took 1st and 2nd place in the ranking inside the class on each server can get special runes:

World Olympiad Interface

— When the World Olympiad battles begin, a special icon appears in the notification menu in the bottom right corner of the screen, by clicking on which World Olympiad Interface can be seen;

— Registration for participation in battles and observation of the already ongoing battles is available through the World Olympiad Interface; World Olympiad Interface can also be summoned by the “/olympiadstat” command..

Olympiad ranking

Due to the appearance of the World Olympiad in the game, Olympiad ranking system has been added;
— Information can be viewed in the ranks menu by switching to the Olympiad tab;

— The rating among all servers, inside the class, personal rating, rating of Heroes can be seen in the menu;

— Information is available for the current and previous cycles of the Olympiad.

Additional changes 

Changes 

— If a character owns Demonic Sword Zariche / Blood Sword Akamanah, his nickname, rank, clan affiliation and castle`s icon owned by his clan, will be shown in a chat window; 
—  The following packs and boxes can be used in combat mode from now on: Zariche's Sealed Box, Akamanah's Sealed Box, Elite Monster Reward Box, Lv. 5 Legendary Dye Pack - 10 pcs., Lv. 4 Legendary Dye Pack - 10 pcs. , Blueish Box, Reddish Box, Purplish Box; 
— Mentee's Mark are issued as follows: 
 

Maximum number of cells for Free Teleport has been increased to 24. 
— My Teleport Book Lv.2 is required for obtained 19-24 cells; item is not yet available in the game;    
— "My Teleport Book" item`s name has been changed to "My Teleport Book Lv.1"; 
— The default target window size has been increased compared to the previous one; 
— The target window now displays a label, which shows the relationship with the target: clan war/siege/battle for the fortress; 
— A visual effect in the form of a violet ray has been added to make it easier to recognize a dead character: the background color of the name of the deceased character in the target window has been changed; 
— Information considering saving a character's level when changing class with the help of Chaos Essence has been added in the dialog with NPC Hardin; 
— New information has been added in the “Help” menu: auto-hunt, автоматическая охота, auto-consume supplies, and potions, map and information on it, session zones; 
—  Not recommended hunting zones lower and higher level 85 have been removed from the list of hunting zones and regions. 

Bestiary 

Bestiary system has been deleted.  
— “Bestiary” button has been deleted from the game menu; reward for destroying monsters from the bestiary list can not be obtained anymore. 

Factions 

Adventurers` Guide and Hunter Guild factions have been deleted. 
— All quests and NPCs related to these factions have been deleted. 

Vitality System 

Vitality system has been changed. 
— Maximum vitality reserve — 140 000 points (4 divisions); 
— One division of vitality is restored daily at 6:30 am server time (besides Wednesday), and each Wednesday - full vitality bar is restored; 
— Vitality is restored separately for the main and dual class; 
— When vitality is applied, the character receives 200% of EXP due to energy bonus (300% with Premium Account), the bonus is not applied in its absence.  

Fix of issues 

Fixed an issue when character`s level in the HP/MP/CP window was not framed by a gold frame for premium subscribers; 
— Fixed an issue when character could be in the Training Camp while possessing a cursed weapon: now the character dies and loses cursed weapon some time after entering the Camp; 
— Fixed an issue with water surface being incorrectly displayed with the activated "Realistic water effect"; 
— Fixed an issue with weapons sometimes not being displayed if a character of the Ertheia race held a two-handed staff; 
— Fixed an issue when moving to the Desert Quarry via Sayune the character sometimes rested on the fence; 
— Fixed an issue with the map not being displayed on the radar when reloading the game client; 
— Fixed an issue when it was periodically impossible to place the item in the cell during the modification; 
— Fixed an issue with "Source of the Emperor" item`s icon not being displayed when dragged; 
— Fixed an issue with the map reduction button not appearing after re-entering the game in a location with an enlarged map, for example, in a town; 
— Fixed an issue with some arrow monsters not displaying a flying arrow animation indicating the direction of attack or displaying in the wrong direction from the target;  
— Fixed an issue with the selling price to the store, the number of crystals and the chances of getting items during crystallization for the next dual weapon were different from the one-handed weapon: Blessed Requiem Dual Sword, Blessed Requiem Dual Dagger, Blessed Requiem Dual Blunt Weapon;  
— Fixed an issue with the map incorrectly showing the purpose of the quest when entering the game by another character in the account; 
—  Fixed an issue with the display starting from the 1st place and not from the character`s rank if he was in TOP 150 in the list of characters in the ranking system; 
— Fixed an issue with the size of the Nevit's Cloak of Light changing when riding; 
— Fixed an issue with graphic elements (wings, circle) of some cloaks visually moving away from the back of the character under the influence of effects that change the character’s growth; 
— Fixed an issue when the owner of the cursed weapon could be identified by the icon of the bilateral clan war above the character`s head; 
— Fixed an issue with the application time of some skills in the study window being different from the actual one after studying the skill; 
— Fixed an issue with names of the clan members who are in battle not being displayed in the message about the impossibility to cancel the clan war; 
— Fixed an incorrect display of the background image and copyright text on the screen of the license agreement and server selection; 
— Fixed an issue with not all items being displayed in the NPC trade window; 
— Fixed an issue with precious stones, talismans and agathions not being removed from the corresponding cells when changing items such as brooch, left bracelet and right bracelet; 
— Fixed an issue with recommended levels for Altar of Evil and Bloody Swampland hunting zones being incorrectly indicated on the map and in the information tab; 
— Fixed an issue with “Spell Force” spell description used by the Support Unit Captain in the battle for the fortress; 
— Fixed an issue with the location of the group leader being incorrectly displayed if he had left the group in a group with three or more characters.